International Rankings of Nauru 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Nauru, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Nauru, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	123	57 %	2018
Internet users - total	210	5524	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	106	14	2016
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	214	1900	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	94.58	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	208	9212	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	212	113.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	212	103.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	100	9.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	218	114.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	168	11.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	8	37.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	6	98 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	170	89.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	9	42.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	101	6.1 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	48	33 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	92	60.8 % of GDP	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	110	N/A %	0
Labor force	222	N/A US Dollars	0
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	203	145.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	111	11583 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	2	90.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	202	76540	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	205	22.320 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	13	86	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	205	7000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	201	24.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	167	470	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	199	449 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	178	0.05 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	180	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	143	12.53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	141	20	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	10	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	10.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	226	21 sq km	0
Area - total	225	21 sq km	0
Area - water	156	0239 sq km	0
Coastline	166	30 km	0
Elevation - highest point	183	70 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	141	20	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	10	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	10.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	89	16.35 %	4866
Age structure - 25-54 years	64	42.57 %	2050
Age structure - 55-64 years	136	6.72 %	2396
Birth rate	62	21.49 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	17	9.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	131	6.24 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	23	5 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	156	5.59 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	139	10.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	148	7.96 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	148	71.3 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	167	64.06 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	156	67.62 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	114	25.9 years	2020
Median age - male	92	28.2 years	0
Median age - total	101	27 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	177	11.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	1	61 %	2016
Physicians density	96	1.35 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	214	9770	2021
Population growth rate	123	0.42 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	96.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	89	3.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	76	3.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	10 years	2008
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	20	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	35	0.85	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	52	0.66	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	52	0.56 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	15	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	57	2.65 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	24	37.5	2013
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	45	20.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	37	26.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	157	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	88	7.940 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	145	45457	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	159	24 km	2002
Roadways - total	165	30 km	2002
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Nauru on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nauru 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nauru 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.